Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the third Monday in January, became federally recognized in 1983 when President Ronald Reagan signed it into law.

Read full article: Pentagon agency pauses celebrations for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Black History Month and more The Defense Department intelligence agency has paused observances of Martin ...

Actor and director David Oyelowo shared his thoughts about playing Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2014 historical ... the artistry of what we do. Daniel Day-Lewis is never having to feel that ...

It was through Freedom House that he learned Martin Luther King, Jr. was coming to town in April ... lack of affordable housing and income inequality. Louise Day Hicks, then the chair of the ...

In 2005, the city officially began observing the date as Emancipation Day. In 1912 ... In 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Alabama ...

Lawrence Phillips, founder and CEO of Green Book Global Walk in the footsteps of one of history's most important figures with a visit to the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park.

Hotel developer Kenny Bhakta went public several years ago with plans to cluster three hotels along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard by ... close contact as the big day approached.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is free to visit 24 hours a day, but National Park Service rangers are only available to answer questions from 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. It can be reached by ...

The last frenzy of mocks will drop as draft week arrives. The Buccaneers own the 19th overall pick in the First Round on Thursday. Here are the prospects that analysts are predicting cold fall to ...

When he is not busy with pastoral engagements, Fr Samantha Thushara can be found in his bustling art studio, located behind ...

Columbus Day ... 250 statues of prominent figures in American history. Some of these include John Adams, Clara Barton, Orville and Wilbur Wright, Douglas MacArthur, Martin Luther King Jr., and ...